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Direct linkImperatore, Catherine; Hyslop, Alisha – Peabody Journal of Education, 2017
Federal legislation has driven and been receptive to the vision of a rigorous, relevant career and technical education (CTE) system integrated with academics and aligned across middle school, secondary school, and postsecondary education. This article uses a social policy analysis approach to trace the history of federal CTE policy throughout the…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
Download full textFrancis, Caroline M. – National Poverty Center, 2013
This bibliography summarizes recent research on the structure and effectiveness of workforce development programs. While the term "workforce development" can mean many things, this document focuses on programs to help low-skill, low-wage and displaced workers increase their employment and earnings, as well as labor market trends that…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Labor Force Development, Low Income Groups, Labor Market
Decker, Paul T.; Berk, Jillian A. – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
In 1998, President Clinton signed the federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA). Implemented in 2000, WIA replaced the Job Partnership Training Act (JTPA) as the primary federal job training program. Congress viewed WIA as a way to end "business as usual" in the workforce investment system. WIA aimed to transform the employment and training…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Job Training, Federal Programs, Program Design
Bloom, Dan – MDRC, 2010
The budget for the U.S. Department of Labor for Fiscal Year 2010 includes a total of $45 million to support and study transitional jobs. This paper describes the origins of the transitional jobs models that are operating today, reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of this approach and other subsidized employment models, and offers some…
Descriptors: Employment Services, Welfare Services, Supported Employment, Employment Programs
Moore, Richard W.; Gorman, Philip C. – Online Submission, 2007
The Workforce Investment Act uses measures of labor market outcomes to drive program performance. This paper examines the relationship of participant characteristics with key program outcome measures and evaluates the impact of different training interventions of program outcomes while controlling for participant characteristics. The paper…
Descriptors: Participant Characteristics, Labor Market, Federal Legislation, Evaluation
Boshara, Ray; Scanlon, Edward; Page-Adams, Deborah – Community Action Digest, 2000
Introduces the Department of Labor's Workforce Investment Act of 1998, which provides the framework for a national workforce preparation and employment system that meets the needs of businesses, job seekers, and those wishing to further their careers. State workforce investment boards will be established, and states will develop 5-year strategic…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Job Training
Johnson, Eric – Community Action Digest, 2000
Describes the Department of Labor's Workforce Investment Act (WIA), which repeals the Job Training Partnership Act. WIA is designed to improve currently fragmented efforts to serve many different needs and purposes and to deliver services to both job seekers and employers. It encourages elected state and local officials to establish new boards…
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Legislation, Job Training
Naylor, Michele – 1988
Vocational educators, policymakers, and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) service providers are developing an increasing awareness of the educational and economic benefits of joint planning and coordination between vocational education and the JTPA. However, some basic differences between the goals, planning procedures, and operating practices…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Postsecondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This congressional report contains testimony pertaining to extending child care services to the Job Corps Program within the Job Training Partnership Act. The report includes testimony given by representatives of the following agencies and organizations: Management Training Corporation; the Los Angeles Job Corps Center; the Parent and Child…
Descriptors: Day Care, Educational Legislation, Employed Parents, Employment Problems
Tapper, Donna M. – 1983
The 1983 Federal fiscal year is a year of transition from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) to the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA). Unlike CETA, which included public service employment provisions, the entire thrust of JTPA is on training for unsubsidized employment. The purpose of the new law is to prepare youth and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Washington State Dept. of Employment Security, Olympia. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist states and service delivery areas (SDAs) in addressing the new oversight responsibilities and opportunities stipulated by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The first section examines the objectives and outcomes of the project to develop this and the other eight JTPA evaluation guides in the series. A listing…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1996
Selected practices relating to New York's Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program during the 1993 JTPA program year were audited to determine the following: whether service delivery areas (SDAs) are providing training in occupations for which future growth is expected, whether SDAs award contracts on a competitive basis, and whether…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Contracts, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs
Lewis, Morgan V.; Chen, Belle H. – 1988
A study examined coordination between public vocational education and programs conducted under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). The study entailed two years of extensive data collection at the state and local levels. In addition to the inherent structural barriers to coordination between vocational education and JTPA, the study uncovered…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation
Middleton, Marsha – 1986
A study examined the implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in 12 communities across the country. Despite the impressive numbers cited by those who proclaim that the JTPA is a remarkable success, the program's critics, and even some of its supporters, acknowledge major concerns about the program's ability to address the special…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Employment Programs
Knuti, David; Zuckerman, Alan, Ed. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program policymakers, planners, and program operators to understand the provisions and possibilities afforded by the JTPA. The first section provides an overview of the JTPA. Discussed next are the following aspects of the JTPA planning and administration system: federal funding…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
